#8C831E#8C831E

#8C831E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.116 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C831E
RGB	rgb(140, 131, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -8.19, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 52.33, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0283 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.116 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1667, 21.9026, 4.4461)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C831E #1E278C

analogous

#8C4C1E #8C831E #5E8C1E

triadic

#8C831E #1E8C83 #831E8C

tetradic

#8C831E #1E8C4C #1E278C #8C1E5E

square

#8C831E #1E8C4C #1E278C #8C1E5E

split-complementary

#8C831E #1E5E8C #4C1E8C

monochromatic

#272508 #5A5413 #8C831E #BEB229 #D9CD4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8C831E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8C831E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C831E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C831E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C831E	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c831e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 131, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.116 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a663',
    500: '#8c831e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c831e;
$custom-light: #b1a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c831e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59999,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C831E

secondary

#4B54BB

accent

#4EE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C831E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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